Wirbelscan-plugin

Description

Author: W. Koehler

This plugin scans for channels on

• DVB-T
• DVB-C
• DVB-S/S2
• pvrinput

Images

channel scan

Usage

• Settings->Plugins->wirbelscan->Settings (yellow)
• choose scan type:
  • DVB-T
  • DVB-C
  • DVB-S
  • pvrinput
• choose country setting (DVB-T, DVB-C and pvrinput) or satellite in case of DVB-S/S2
• choose scan options:
  • FTA
  • crypted
  • TV
  • Radio
• use OK or Back to get previous menue.
• start scan with Start (green). NOTE: enshure that no timers are on schedule.

Notes

• the plugin is able to work without channels (channels.conf 0 bytes)
• a scan may take up to 30 minutes (or even longer)
  • DVB-T ~ 3 min
  • DVB-C ~ 25 min (symbolrate=AUTO, QAM=AUTO)
  • DVB-C ~ 4,5 min (symbolrate=6900, QAM=64)
  • DVB-C ~ 5 min (symbolrate=6900, QAM=256)
  • DVB-S ~ 30 min (Astra 19,2E)
  • pvrinput ~ 5min
• if DVB-C symbolrate and modulation ('QAM') are known and defined in settings, the scan can be speed up
• signal quality influences scan time and probability to find all channels
• some DVB cards need explizit Inversion setting: try "AUTO/OFF" and "AUTO/ON"

SVDRP commands

• since version 0.0.3, commands with note 1) since 0.0.5-pre12

Parameter	Description
S_TERR	Start DVB-T scan. svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_terr
S_CABL	Start DVB-C scan. svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_cabl
S_SAT	Start DVB-S scan. svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_sat
S_PVR	Start PVRx50 scan. svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_pvr
S_START	Start scan 1) svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_start
S_STOP	Stop scan svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_stop
SETUP <verb:log:type:inv_t:inv_c:srate:qam:cidx:sidx:s2:atsc:flags>	change plugin setup 1) verb - verbosity (0..5) log - logfile (0=OFF, 1=stdout, 2=syslog) type - scan type (0=DVB-T, 1=DVB-C, 2=DVB-S/S2, 3=pvrinput, 4=pvrinput FM, 5=ATSC) inv_t - DVB-T inversion (0=AUTO/OFF, 1=AUTO/ON) inv_c - DVB-C inversion (0=AUTO/OFF, 1=AUTO/ON) srate - DVB-C Symbolrate (0..15) qam - DVB-C modulation (0=AUTO, 1=QAM64, 2=QAM128, 3=QAM256, 4=ALL) cidx - country list index (Germany = 80) sidx - satellite list index (S19.2E = 6, S23.5E = 8) s2 - enable DVB-S2 (0=OFF, 1=ON) atsc - ATSC scan type (0=VSB, 1=QAM, 2=VSB+QAM) flags - bitwise flag of TV=1, RADIO=2, FTA=4, SCRAMBLED=8, HDTV=16 svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan setup 3:1:1:0:0:0:0:80:6:1:0:31
STORE	Store Setup 1) svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan store
LSTC	List Country IDs 1) svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan lstc
LSTS	List Satellite IDs 1) svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan lsts
QUERY	Query plugin version, setup values, plugin service API 1) svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan query

use ssh/putty or vdradmin, i.e. "plug wirbelscan s_pvr"

Parameters

Parameter (short)	Parameter (long)	Description
-p	--use-pvrinput	activate pvrinput support (default: off). since 0.0.7

Service Interface

• since 0.0.5-pre12 supports wirbelscan a service interface, so that external plugins remotely control each feature of wirbelscan. For details see SERVICES.html. So far tzhe following is supported:
  • Ask Plugin Version and Service API
    • NOTE:Service API Version of wirbelscan and external Plugin have to fit.
  • Commands
    • Start Scan
    • Stop Scan
    • store setup
  • Actual status information
    • Scanning/Stopped/Busy
    • Name of DVB device used
    • Progress in % of predefined transponders
    • Signal strength as reported by dvb device
    • Actual transponder
    • sum count channels
    • count new channels
  • Set and query all setup parameters
  • query known country IDs and Names
    • ID (ATSC/DVB-C/DVB-T)
    • short name
    • full Name
  • query known satellites, IDs and Names
    • ID (DVB-S/S2)
    • short name
    • full name

a sample plugin is here. To use the service API an #include "../wirbelscan/wirbelscan_services.h" should be done.

Software Requirements

• pvrinput plugin (only if pvrscan needed)

Installation

• see general Plugin Installation

Add-Ons

• opt: Main Menue Entry via wirbelscancontrol-plugin

Latest Version

Version 0.0.7

Links

1. Homepage